27 Brookside, Rearsby, Leicester, LE7 4YB

27 Brookside is a six-bedroom semi-detached house in Rearsby, Leicester, Leicester (LE7 4YB). It has a recorded floor area of 307 m² (around 3305 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (September 2020) shows a D (score 64), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. When first surveyed in February 2009 the rating was E, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Very Poor to Poor, window efficiency went from Very Poor to Average and lighting went from Very Poor to Very Good; while roof efficiency dropped from Average to Very Poor and hot-water efficiency dropped from Very Good to Good. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 74). Period features are noted in the property record.

Held since December 2002 — that's 24 years off the open market, well above the local norm. At 307 m² the property is well over the postcode median (92 m² across 21 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. 6 bedrooms is on the larger side for this postcode, where 4 is the typical count. Today's modelled estimate of £717,000 sits 143.1% above the 2002 sale of £295,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£89/sq ft) was about 46.1% below the postcode norm. 2 planning records sit against the property, 1 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved.